SCORE research

The Olympic Council of Asia established its partnership with the Global Esports Federation in 2020, and the 2022 Asian Games included esports as one of its official medal events. The first Olympic Esports Week was also held in Singapore. This project investigates the industrial, technological and social aspects of esports development in East Asia. By examining such esports ecosystems, this project aims to formulate a model of a more sustainable and inclusive esports programme.

This research seeks to understand and evaluate why individuals volunteer at sport organisations and what organisational needs are in this regard.  Dr Christine Nash and Dr Louis Nolte at the University of Edinburgh, and Professor Cora Burnett from the University of Johannesburg are undertaking this work. 

A journal special issue on the media representation of the Olympic Games in East Asia, namely PyeongChang 2018, Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022. This special issue was published in February 2024 in Communication & Sport, one of the leading academic journals in sport studies.

This project was partly funded by Academy of Korean Studies.

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An anthology on the social, cultural and political impacts of hosting major sporting events in Asian countries. It is the first book that is fully devoted to international sporting competitions in Asia, and has been critically acclaimed by established academics in the field of sport sociology and sport history.

This project is partly funded by Academy of Korean Studies.

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